Solmaz Sharif, an Oakland poet whose first collection, “Look,” was published this summer, has made the National Book Award longlist for poetry.

In her review of the book for The Chronicle, Diana Whitney wrote, “Sharif’s astonishing debut examines an endless cycle of war and violence, using a myriad of voices and forms.” Sharif was born in Istanbul; her parents fled Iran after the revolution. She is now a Jones Lecturer at Stanford University.

Sharif isn’t the only longlisted poet with a debut collection: Donika Kelly was named for “Bestiary,” also published by Graywolf Press. She is a lecturer in the Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies Program at UC Davis.

Others on the list include Monica Youn, a 2010 National Book Award finalist for “Ignatz” (once a lawyer, she now teaches writing at Princeton University), and Kevin Young, a 2003 finalist for “Jelly Roll: a blues.”